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As defined in Environmental Science: A Global Concern, “A hazardous waste is any discarded material, liquid or solid, that contains substances known to be (1) fatal to humans or laboratory animals in low doses, (2) toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic to humans or other life forms, (3) ignitable with a flash point less than 60 degrees Celsius, (4) corrosive, or (5) explosive or highly reactive.”

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Image and description source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/popup?id=5548326&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=12 “ Mark Zanatian, one of the children endangered by the Love Canal chemical spill waves a banner in protest during a neighborhood protest meeting on Aug. 5, 1978.”

According to Environmental Science: A Global Concern, the Superfund is “a revolving pool designed to (1) provide an immediate response to emergency situations that pose imminent hazards, and (2) to clean up or remediate abandoned or inactive sites.”

While the fund was once financed by taxes put on producers of chemical waste, this “polluter pays” tax expired in 1995 and it has yet to be reauthorized.